Apparatus for tying newspaper bundles and the like



Sept. 4, 1934- I. H. SPOOR El AL APPARATUS FOR TYING NEWSPAPER BUNDLES AND THE LIKE Filed May 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 P 1934- H. SPOOR ET AL 1,972,173

APPARATUS FOR TYING NEWSPAPER BUNDLES AND THE LIKE Filed May 10,1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fizz/6%? [0m 1275;900:

@ wgff V Patented Sept. 4, 1934- PATENT OFFICE UNITED ST TES APPARATUS FOR 'i'YING NEWSPAPER BUNDLES AND THE LIKE Ivan H. Spoor, Berwyn, and Ray F. Le Tourneau,

Chicago, Ill., assignors to The Gerrard Company, Inc., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application May 10, 1929, Serial No. 361,856

8 Claims. (c1. 100-31) pable of rather general application, is particularly useful for quickly and securely bundling stacks of newspapers to be shipped by train or truck to 'remote points 6f distribution.

vide a novel bundle-tying apparatus which will permit the tying machine to be shifted rapidly and easily from an out-of-the-way position into an operative position on top of the bundle to be tied in a predetermined relation to the edge of the bundling table irrespective of the height of the bundle.

Another object is to provide a novel bundletying apparatus which will allow the wire or other binding material to be passed from the tying machine around the bundle and back to the machine in a substantially vertical plane without the bundle having to be lifted from the table.

Another object is to provide a novel bundletying apparatus whichwill hold the end flap of the wrapper on a bundle snugly up against the ends of the bundle while the wire or other binding material is being passed around the same, and which will not interfere with subsequent move-1 ment of the tied bundle along the table in the direction of the flap-holding instrumentality.

Still another object is to provide a novel bundle-tying apparatus in which the end of the wire or other binding material in the normal operation of the apparatus is left hanging down near the tying machine after a bundle has been tied, in a convenient position to be grasped by the operator at the commencement of the next tying operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent upon a full understanding of the construction, arrangement and operation of the apparatus.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, one structural embodiment of the same is presented herein, but it will of course be understood that such form is chosen merely for the purpose of illustration and that the invention is capable of being embodied in other structurally modified forms coming equally within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a side view of the bundling equipment; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the support for the tying machine, taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is another horizontal section through the support, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bundling table, with the tying machine removed for clear- One of the objects of the invention is to proness, showing the lip for supporting the bundle and the finger forholding the end flapot the wrapper against the end of the bundle.

1 Fig. 5 is a front view of the bundle-supporting ip; and

Fig. 6 is a front view of the flap-holding finger. v

The apparatus shown in the drawings comprises generally a table 10, a wire-tying machine 11, a wire-holding reel 12, and an upright support 13 for both the machine and the reel. The support consists of a vertically extending pipe 14 and a horizontally extending pipe 15. The lower end of the pipe 14 is held firmly between two complementary clamping members 16 which rest upon the surface of the table, and another relatively short vertically extending pipe 17 is held firmly between the clamping members 16 at one side of the pipe 14. The pipe 17 projects downwardly through an aperture 18 in the table into a socket 19 which is provided with a flange 20 which is attached to the lower surface of the table.

The support 13 is maintained in an upright position by reason of the engagement of the pipe 1'7 within the socket 19, and in order to remove the support, together with the machine and reel, from the table, it is merely. necessary to raise the support far enough for the pipe 1'7 to clear the upper edge of the aperture in the table, whereupon the support, machine and reel may be laid aside as a unit while the table is being used for assembling or for some purpose other than tying. Y

The wire-tying machine 11, which may be of any suitable construction, is rigidly secured in a horizontal position to the front end of a short horizontally extending rod 21, and the rod 21 is in turn secured to a bracket 22 which is fixedly attached to a long vertically extending rod 23. The upper portion of the rod 23 is slidably mounted in a guideway 24 which is formed in one end of a bracket 25 which is fastened to the upper portion of the pipe 14, while the lower portion of the rod is slidably mounted in a guideway 26 which is formed in one of the clamping members 16 in axial alignment with the opening in the pipe 1'7, through which pipe the rod 23 freely extends. The rod 23 will move up and down in the guideways 24 and 26, and the machine 11 will move straight up and down with it. The bracket 22 is provided with two laterally spaced anti-friction rollers 2'7 which extend into position on opposite sides of the pipe 14 and prevent the bracket 22 and the parts associated therewith from turning.

The machine 11 is substantially counterbalanced in any one of the different positions it may assume vertically of the support 11 by a rear end by a lever 29. The lever 29 is pivoted at 30 to a rearwardly projecting portion 31 of the bracket 25, and a link 32 connects the front end of the lever 29 with a bracket 33 which is secured to the rod 21. A coil spring 34 supplements the action of the weight 28 and serves to automatically return the machine 11 into its uppermost position after the tying operation on a bundle has been performed. The uppermost position of the machine is determined by a set screw 35 which engages with the upper surface of the bracket 22. The set screw 35 is mounted in a bracket 36 which is adjustably attached to the pipe 14, and, in order to change the uppermost position of the machine, it is merely necessary to make a corresponding change in the point of attachment of the bracket 36. The upper end of the spring 34 is connected to the rear portion of the lever 29 by a short hook 37, while the lower end of the spring is connected to the lower portion of the pipe 14 by a long hook 38 which engages within any one of several small holes 39 in the side of the pipe, depending upon the amount of tension desired in the spring.

With the machine 11 supported in the manner above described, it is a simple matter for the operator to reach up and pull the machine straight down onto the upper surface of the bundle 40 to be tied. The machine will return automatically to its uppermost position again as soon as the operator releases the same.

The wire-holding reel 12, which may be of any suitable construction, is rotatably mounted on the front end of the pipe 14, with its axis either vertical, as shown, or at an inclination, and the end 41 of the wire coiled on the reel extends downwardly to the machine 11, with the result that the wire is not in the way of the operator and cannot become kinked or tangled.

A horizontally extending lip 42 is preferably mounted on the front edge of the table 10 beneath the center of the machine 11 for supporting the bundle in overhanging relation to the front edge, and the machine is preferably positioned with the wire-receiving notches 43 therein slightly in front of the vertical plane defined by the front edge of the table, whereby to permit the wire in the machine to be looped easily about the bundle in a substantially vertical plane without having to raise one side of the bundle from the'table. The lip 42 may be removed from the table when desired, being provided with a downwardly extending flange 44 which hooks behind a strip 45 which is fastened to the front edge of the table.

-A vertically extending finger 46 is preferably mounted on the front edge of the table at one side of the loop 42 for holding the flap of a wrapper on the bundle up against the side of the bundle while the wire is being placed in position. The finger 46 is resiliently yieldable in either direction to permit the bundle to be slid over the same after the tying operation, being pivotally attached at 47 to a strip 48 fastened to the front edge of the table and being connected at its lower end with oppositely extending coil springs 49 which are in turn connected with inturned lips 50 on the lower edge of the strip 48.

We claim:

1. Bundling apparatus, comprising a table, an upright support carried by the table, an upright rod slidable up and down in vertically spaced guideways associated with the support, a wiretying machine secured to the rod for movement to their uppermost positions when released by the operator.

3. Bundling apparatus, comprising a table, an upright support carried by the table, an upright rod slidable up and down in vertically spaced guideways associated with the support, a wiretying machine secured to the rod for movement therewith, means for substantially counterbalancing the machine and rod, means for automatically returning the machine and rod to their uppermost positions when released by the operator, and a stop adjustably mounted on the support for limiting the upward movement of the machine and rod.

4. Bundling apparatus, comprising a table, means for supporting a wire-tying machine above the front edge of the table, a forwardly projecting lip on the front edge of the table for supporting a bundle in overhanging relation to such edge, whereby to permit the wire which is to be tied about the bundle to extend from the machine about the ends of the bundle clear of the front edge of the table, and a normally upright movable finger for holding the flap of a wrapper on the bundle up against the end of the bundle during the tying operation.

5. Bundling apparatus, comprising a table, means for supporting a wire-tying machine above the table, and means for holding the flap of a wrapper on a bundle up against the end of the bundle during the tying operation, said last mentioned means consisting of an upright resiliently yieldable finger pivotally connected with the table.

6. Bundling apparatus, comprising a substantially fiat table, an L-shaped support extending upwardly from the table, a vertically movable wire-tying machine carried by the vertically extending portion of the L-shaped support, and a coiled wire holder carried by the end of the horizontally extending portion of the L-shaped support at a point above and a substantial distance to one side of the uppermost position of the machine.

7. Bundling apparatus, comprising a substantially fiat table, an L-shaped support extending upwardly from the table, a vertically movable wire-tying machine carried by the vertically extending portion of the L-shaped support, and a coiled wire holder carried by the end of the horizontally extending portion of the L-shaped support at a level above the uppermost position of the machine; said L-shaped support, machine and holder being removable as a unit from the table upon the support being lifted vertically with respect thereto.

8. The combination, with a bundling table, of an upright resiliently yieldable finger pivotally connected with the table for holding the flap of a wrapper on a bundle up against the end of the bundle while the latter is being secured.

IVAN H. SPOOR. RAY F. LE TOURNEAU. 

